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<i>Satyan Linus Devadoss is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society and a professor of applied mathematics and computer science at the University of San Diego.</i><p>As a mathematician, I have dreams about Pi Day : Strangers would offer me flowers, give up their seats on the subway and even let me cut …

Cheers to life — seriously.<p>When it comes to making it into your 90s, booze actually beats exercise, according to a long-term study.<p>The research, led by University of California neurologist Claudia Kawas, tracked 1,700 nonagenarians enrolled in the 90+ Study that began in 2003 to explore impacts of …

SAN MATEO, Calif. — The literary pairing was inevitable.<p>“When Breath Becomes Air,” Paul Kalanithi’s memoir of his final years as he faced lung cancer at age 37, was published posthumously, in 2016, to critical acclaim and commercial success. “The Bright Hour,” Nina Riggs’s memoir of her final years …

It came easily to Steve Jobs -- and it's something we all should embrace.<p>Steve Jobs set extremely high expectations. He wanted things done a certain way, challenging other people to work harder, work longer, and sometimes to do more than they thought was possible.<p>Steve Jobs had high standards. He …

Spend a little time with single women in their early to mid-30s, and you'll be grateful you're not one of them. The relationship scene is even more dismal today than when I was their age. All the women want serious relationships that lead to marriage, but many of the men they meet do not. All too …

My friend Jodi Rhoden started baking cakes out of her Barbie-pink house in Asheville, North Carolina in 2006. The venture became so popular, so fast, that she opened a bakery, and wrote a cookbook about Southern cake ladies, the home bakers everyone around town knows to call up for a birthday …

<i>Spoiler alert: This article alludes to a few plot points from The Circle, so if you want to remain 110% spoiler-free, best to click out now.</i><p>By now, you've probably seen the trailer for the movie, "The Circle," the new thriller based on Dave Eggers' book of the same name. For reference, it's about …

Image source: Getty Images.<p>If you're like most individual investors, you'd be glad to park your money into investments, after doing solid due diligence, and monitor them as little as possible. You can probably think of many things you'd rather be doing in your free time than frequently monitoring …

In the New Year, there are some things you should cut back on to be healthier, but also so many things you should add in. The best part? They're so simple — and many of them cost absolutely nothing. Try adding more of each of these to your day-to-day in 2018 to make this year so much better than …

The bad thing is that one time a stack of said books collapsed on my desk neighbor.<p>Without a doubt, the books that moved me most this year focused on psychology and behavioral science — and as 2016 draws to a close, I'm reflecting on everything I learned.<p>Below, I've rounded up the most meaningful …

If you are an aspiring entrepreneur looking to gain the interest of the Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, you might want to ask yourself this question.<p>Learn more about Branson in the new film "Don't Look Down" — a true account of his near-death balloon flying adventures.<p><b>Follow BI Video:</b>On …

Early in 2013, while chatting with her sister over a glass of wine about her hobby of travel blogging, Nena Chaletzos, 41, had a lightbulb moment: no one had successfully made travel search simple and easy. It was this realisation that lead her to throw in her lucrative City career and walk the …

<i>This article is part of a series aimed at helping you navigate life’s opportunities and challenges. What else should we write about? Contact us:</i> <i>smarterliving@nytimes.com</i><i>.</i><p>A few years ago, I was sitting in an Yves Saint Laurent presentation (this was before the Hedi Slimane era, when it was still …

"Small businesses are near and dear to my heart, both from the show and my personal experience," "Shark Tank" star Robert Herjavec recently told Business Insider.<p>In addition to his "Shark Tank" duties, Herjavec has spent about a year working with Deluxe Corporation on "The Small Business …

Increasingly the tech business is all about making good products artificially redundant and mediocre ones seem relevant<p>It’s only fashion, darling. And yet you’d never know it from the fuss this week over the BBC’s latest fly-on-the-wall documentary series, set inside the offices of Vogue magazine. …

Summer is coming to an end and scenic views of boats and lakes are being replaced with cars, construction and computer screens. The e-mails come in more frequently; phones start ringing and the markets, after a fairly quiet few months, start to buzz a bit more. Naturally, as attention drifts to …

We don't know about you, but it takes us a long time to deal with the Summer to Fall transition. It's sad to let go of warm nights, succulent barbecue, and plump berries. However, it's important to remember that the chillier months have plenty of fabulous fun to offer as well! Think slow-cooked …